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NEW DELHI: The government today cleared the agreement on power grid connectivity with Nepal which will facilitate and strengthen cross-border electricity transmission, grid connectivity and power trade between the two countries. "The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the India-Nepal Agreement on Electric Power Trade, Cross-Border Transmission Interconnection and Grid Connectivity," said an official statement after the meeting of the Cabinet. During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Nepal in August, 2014, it was decided that negotiations on the power trade agreement would be concluded within 45 days.

NEW DELHI: Members in the Lok Sabha today expressed concern over the sorry state of affairs in state owned BSNL and MTNL which is hitting hard millions of mobile users all over the country daily due to poor connectivity. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, K Geetha (YSR Cong) said MPs who have got BSNL mobile connections face the problem of dropping of calls in spite of being connected through MTNL. Geetha got instant support from all sides. She wondered whether the problem in the BSNL mobile services were due to private players playing dirty or inefficiency of the state- owned telecom operator.

NEW DELHI: In a significant step to dispose the backlog of 2.75 crore cases in country's district and subordinate courts, 700 new courts are set to be computerised with web-connectivity by next month as part of a Union Law and Justice ministry-supported project. "The allocation of laptops to 700 new judicial officers for digital connectivity will be completed within a month," said Justice Gopi Chand Bharuka, chairman of the e-committee overseeing the five-year plan to computerise all courts for speedy disposal of cases.

KOLKATA: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd will shortly sign a bandwidth-sharing agreement with Power Grid Corporation of India to boost telecom connectivity across the Northeast, says a telecom department note. Power Grid, the state-run power transmission utility, operates an overhead opticfibre network using its power-transmission infrastructure. Power Grid will provide 400 gigabit per second of bandwidth to state-run BSNL for building a network path to improve connectivity in places close to the Chinese and Bangladesh borders.

ROOPNAGAR: The Punjab government today launched a programme of Rs 13,000 crore to connect all major cities and towns in the state with 4/6 lane expressways, an official statement said. Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal announced the programme here after laying the foundation stone of Rs 240 crore project of four-laning of 55 kms Roopnagar-Chamkaur Sahib- Neelon-Doraha road along Sirhind Canal, it said. Badal said the state has 1,739 km of National Highway of which 405 km have already been upgraded to 4 lane and the construction of 4/6 laning of more than 650 km of highways is on full swing.

KOLKATA: The government has asked state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam to beef up telecom connectivity in the far flung corners of Arunachal Pradesh , especially districts near the Chinese border, amid heightened security concerns, a top telecom department official told ET. Senior telecom department ( DoT ) officials recently conducted spot checks on telecom connectivity across the Northeast and claimed there is "virtually zero network coverage in 1,089 villages, many of which are in Arunachal's border districts, which can pose a huge security threat if not addressed on a war footing," the official said.

NEW DELHI: A Parliamentary panel has recommended the Urban Development (UD) ministry should work towards providing metro connectivity to Sonepat and Greater Noida. In its report on the demand for grants for 2013-14 tabled in parliament today, the Standing Committee on Urban Development said the Urban Development ministry should hold talks with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Delhi and Haryana in this regard. The panel said he metro connectivity is now available in Delhi and extended to Noida, Vaishali in UP and Gurgaon in Haryana.

NEW DELHI: Small villages with population below 250 in districts of Arunachal Pradesh bordering China will be soon get road connectivity under the Centre's ambitious rural road scheme. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh , today allocated separate funds for providing new connectivity under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in strategically important districts of the northeastern state. Out of the state's 17 districts, 10 districts are bordering China and Myanmar and the small habitations in these districts will be major beneficiaries.

GANGTOK: Telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) would expand its connectivity, including internet facility, broadband and mobile services, to a number of rural townships in Sikkim in 2008-09. "It has been decided to provide WLL services with high speed internet facilities to Mangan, Namchi, Naya Bazar and Geyzing, while broadband would be extended to Chungthang, Pelling, Sombaria, Soreng, covering the remote regions in all four districts of the Himalayan state, BSNL General Manager (Sikkim)

MUMBAI: National Stock Exchange (NSE) today said it will lower connectivity charges on trades generated from leased lines and very small aperture terminals (VSATs), a move that will benefit small and medium sized members. "This initiative (lowering of connectivity costs for VSATs and leased lines) has been taken, especially to address the requirements of small and medium sized members, by bringing down their connectivity costs," NSE said in circular. Currently, large number of small and medium sized members connect to the exchange using either using entry level Leased Line or a very small aperture terminals (VSAT)